Valencia Flashcards
What did the treaty of Ebro divide?
The Spanish territory between Rome and Carthage.
Rome took the area North of Ebro.
What did Rome call Valencia?
Colonia Valentia Edretanorum
Who did Valencia become an independent province under?
Crown of Aragon
What port city were the wines held in high esteem?
Alicante
What caused economy to decline?
War of Spanish succession and Carlist Wars
What vineyards weren’t hit with phylloxera?
West vineyards
What were the last 2 republican holdouts?
Valencia and Alicante
What did Valencia replant with after phylloxera?
Bobal, Monastrell, Tempranillo, Cab Sauv, Merlot, Syrah
How many autonomous communities is Valencia bordered by?
4
How many provinces?
3 Castellon (N)
Valencia (C)
Alicante (S)
Valencia is Spain’s — largest city?
3rd
Where are the best wine producing areas?
Inland with Mediterranean climate/continental influences/diurnal temp swings
What wind affects Valencia?
Leveche
Highest peak?
Pico Calderon
What 2 mountain ranges terminate inland?
Sistema Iberico, Sistema Betico (Cordilleras Beticas)
2 rivers?
Jucar (originates in Castilla La Mancha flows through Valencia)
Segura (originates in Andalucia, flows through Alicante province
Soils?
Coast=Marl/clay
Inland=Limestone
What grape takes well to carbonic maceration?
Bobal
Who directed water through a network of canals called the Tribunal of the waters?
Moors
What is Fondillon?
Sweet wine from DO Alicante made from overripe Monastrell grapes where summers are long and humidity is low.
Min 16% ABV naturally
Intentionally oxidized over the course of min 10 years in solera
Accompanied Magellan on his voyages
What is Bobal blended with?
Granacha Tintorera
Top grapes in DO Alicante?
Monastrell (75% of plantings)
Moscatel de Alejandria
When was DO Alicante officially recognized as a DO?
1957
Min percentage of Monastrell for reds in DO Alicante?
Min 80%
What is La Marina?
Zone on the coast of Northeastern Alicante. Moscatel de Alejandria thrives here
What is Vinalopo?
Zone planted mainly to Monastrell
How many wineries in DO Alicante produce fondillon?
8
What is DO Utiel-Requena known for?
Bobal (indigenous)
Under what DO does DO Utiel-Requena make sparkling wines?
DO Cava
What traditional method of vinifying grapes do they use in DO Utiel-Requena?
Doble Pasta (Double pulp)
In DO Utiel-Requena, what can producers label up to 30% of their production?
DO Valencia
What 2 wineries have regional approval to become VP, but are awaiting sanction at EU level?
Chozas Carrascal and Thargys
Both produce wines under their pago and under DO Cava and DO Utiel-Requena
